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Boylagh
Boylagh ( ga, Baollaigh) is a historic barony in County Donegal in Ireland. Patrick Weston Joyce said the name ''Boylagh'' comes from the territory of the O'Boyles. It was created along with Banagh when the former barony of Boylagh and Banagh was split in 1791 by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland.1791 (31 Geo. 3) c. 48 "An Act for the Division of Certain Baronies of Great Extent in the Counties of Donegal and Meath" Boylagh is bordered by the baronies of Kilmacrenan to the north east, Rapboe South to the east, and Banagh to the south; to the north and west is the Atlantic Ocean. Civil parishes The barony contains the following civil parishes: *Inishkeel (also partly in barony of Banagh) * Killybegs Lower (also partly in barony of Banagh) *Lettermacaward * Templecrone Towns and villages Settlements in the barony include Annagary, Burtonport, Doochary, Dungloe, Glenties, Kilrean, Lettermacaward, Portnoo, and Rinnafarset. Other features include the island of Arra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banagh
Banagh ( ga, Báinigh) is a historic barony in County Donegal in Ireland. Patrick Weston Joyce said the name ''Banagh'' came from Enna Bogaine, son of Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. It was created along with Boylagh when the former barony of ''Boylagh and Banagh'' was split in 1791 by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland.1791 (31 Geo. 3) c. 48 "An Act for the Division of Certain Baronies of Great Extent in the Counties of Donegal and Meath" Banagh is bordered by the baronies of Boylagh to the north, Raphoe South to the northeast, and Tirhugh to the east. Donegal Bay is to the south, and the open Atlantic Ocean to the west. Civil parishes The barony contains the following civil parishes: *Glencolumbkille *Inishkeel (also partly in barony of Boylagh) *Inver *Kilcar * Killaghtee * Killybegs Lower (also partly in barony of Boylagh) * Killybegs Upper * Killymard * Rossory, one townland only ie Crownasillagh (also partly in baronies of Magheraboy and Clanawley) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenties
Glenties () is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated where two glens meet, north-west of the Bluestack Mountains, near the confluence of two rivers. Glenties is the largest centre of population in the parish of Iniskeel. Glenties has won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition five times in 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1995 and has won a medal many other times. , the population is 805. History Evidence of early settlement in the area is given by the many dolmens, standing stones and earthen ringforts dating from the Bronze Age. The area became part of the baronies of Boylagh and Bannagh in 1609, which was granted to Scottish undertakers as part of the Ulster Plantation. Glenties was a regular stopping point on the road between the established towns of Ballybofey and Killybegs, and grew from this in the 17th and 18th centuries. The town was developed as a summer home for the Marquess Conyngham in the 1820s, because of its good hunting and fishing areas. The court house and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconnell (), after the historic territory of the same name, on which it was based. Donegal County Council is the local council and Lifford the county town. The population was 166,321 at the 2022 census. Name County Donegal is named after the town of Donegal () in the south of the county. It has also been known by the alternative name County Tyrconnell, Tirconnell or Tirconaill (, meaning 'Land of Conall'). The latter was its official name between 1922 and 1927. This is in reference to the kingdom of Tír Chonaill and the earldom that succeeded it, which the county was based on. History County Donegal was the home of the once-mighty Clann Dálaigh, whose best-known branch was the Clann Ó Domhnaill, better known in English as the O'Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lettermacaward
Leitir Mhic an Bhaird or Leitir Mhic a' Bhaird (anglicised as Lettermacaward) is a Gaeltacht village in the Rosses region of County Donegal, Ireland. The village, known colloquially as ''Leitir'' (pronounced ''letcher''), is between the larger towns of Glenties and Dungloe. It is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Boylagh. Irish language There are approximately 650 people living in the Leitir Mhic an Bhaird ED and 19% Irish speakers. Amenities The village has two shops, 'Clerkin's', a family run service station, and 'Gallagher's Stop & Shop'. There are 3 pubs; Elliott's, the Gweebarra Bar and Packie's Bar. Sport The local Gaelic games club is Na Rossa. Civil parish of Lettermacaward The civil parish contains the village of Lettermacaward. Townlands The civil parish contains the following townlands: * Befflaght * Bellanaboy (also known as Derrynacarrow East) * Boyoughter * Commeen * Cor * Derryleconnell Far * Derryleconnell Near * Derrynacarrow * Derrynacarrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Boyle
Boyle / O'Boyle is a surname of Irish origin. It is anglised from the Gaelic Ó Baoighill/Ó Baoill. The clan was founded by a Donegal chieftain, Aneisleis Ó Baoighill, the grandson of Baoghal. The derivation of the Gaelic/Irish is uncertain, and has been translated as "Peril" or "Danger", "Son of the rash one" or more positively "having profitable pledges" (from the Irish word geall, meaning "pledge"). Their chiefs came to rule over Tír Ainmhireacin the west of what is now County Donegal, which as a result became known as Críoch Bhaoigheallach; later renamed as the barony of Boylagh under colonial rul People * Conor O'Boyle, Irish Defence Forces Chief of Staff * Ciarán O'Boyle, Irish rugby player * Dan O'Boyle (b. unknown, d. 1933), Irish republican; murdered 1933 *Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle CBE DL (born 1960), British lobbyist, charity trustee, and public official *George O'Boyle (b. 1967), Northern Irish professional football player *Harry O'Boyle (1904–1994), American foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annagary
''Anagaire'' (anglicised as Annagry) is a village in The Rosses district of County Donegal, Ireland. , the population was 236. Name The Irish and official name for Annagry is ''Anagaire'', which in turn derives from ''Áth na gCoire'' meaning "ford of the whirlpools". Language There are 2,354 people living in the ''Anagaire'' ED and 55% of them are native Irish speakers. Annagry is in the Gaeltacht region which means the official language of the area is Irish. However, the use of the language has been in decline since the 1930s. Despite this, it has an Irish language college in the summer months which runs courses for students from English-speaking areas of the country, ''Coláiste na Rosann''. History Annagry has a long history of emigration, much like the rest of County Donegal. In the 1950s, a large number of locals left the area to work in other countries. Education The local primary school is ''Scoil Náisiúnta Dhubhthaigh'' with 144 pupils, and the nearest secondary sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burtonport
or (English name: Burtonport) is a fishing village about northwest of Dungloe in The Rosses district of County Donegal, Ireland. The main employers in the village were the Burtonport Fishermen's Co-op and the ''Bord Iascaigh Mhara Bord Iascaigh Mhara (; meaning "Sea Fish Board" or "Irish Sea Fisheries Board"; BIM) is the agency of the Irish state with responsibility for developing the Irish marine fishing and aquaculture industries. Originally established under the Sea ...'' (BIM; Irish Sea Fisheries Board) ice plant; but these have both since closed and their former premises were demolished in 2021 as part of a seafront environment upgrade scheme. History Burtonport was developed by Marquess Conyngham, Marquess of Conyngham as a rival to another planned village on Rutland Island, County Donegal, Rutland Island. A plaque in the village commemorates the brief landing on the nearby Rutland Island of a French military force led by James Napper Tandy in a failed attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doochary
An Dúbh choraidh or An Dúcharaidh (anglicized as Doochary), meaning "the black weir", is a small village in the Rosses area of County Donegal, Ireland. Doochary is within the Gaeltacht, meaning the Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ... is the main language used there. Doochary was awarded the Tidy Towns award in 1997. See also * List of towns and villages in Ireland References {{County Donegal Gaeltacht places in County Donegal Gaeltacht towns and villages The Rosses Towns and villages in County Donegal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dungloe
''An Clochán Liath'', known in English as Dungloe or Dunglow ( ), is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the main town in The Rosses and the largest in the Donegal ''Gaeltacht''. Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the 18th century, and now serves as the administrative and retail centre for the west of County Donegal, and in particular The Rosses, with the only mainland secondary school for the area. Name There is a river at the bottom of the town and years ago the only crossing was over a grey granite slab lying in the riverbed, hence the Irish name of the town, ''An Clochán Liath'', which means ''the grey stepping-stone''. The bridge was built in 1782. The name ''An Clochán Liath'' was formerly anglicised as ''Cloghanlea''. The name ''Dungloe'' or ''Dunglow'' is believed to come from the Irish ''Dún gCloiche''. This name came into common English usage in the later years of the 18th century when the monthly fair, formerly held at ''Dún gCloiche'' (five miles n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
